Awards: Listing of Funded Projects

Every year, NIJ awards grants and cooperative agreements for research, development, evaluation, testing and training and technical assistance projects across the spectrum of criminal justice.

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Number of Awards: 70
Total Amount Awarded: $18,221,430

Funded Awards
FY	Title	Original Solicitation	Recipient	State Sort descending	Award Number	Amount	Status
2005	The Use of MiniSTRs as Tools for the Investigation of DNA Degradation and Inhibition	Forensic DNA Research & Development Full Application	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2005-MU-BX-K073	$171,394	Closed
2010	Instrumental Analysis of Trace Evidence with a Focus on Interpretation	NIJ FY 10 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2010-DN-BX-K264	$298,228	Closed
2008	2005-IJ-CX-K069: Elemental Analysis of Glass by SEM-EDS, XRF, LIBS and LA-ICPMS	NIJ Office of Science and Technology Continuations	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2005-IJ-CX-K069	$88,530	Closed
2008	Scientific Working Dog Group and Orthogonal Detectors (SWGDOG)	NIJ Office of Science and Technology Continuations	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2005-IJ-CX-K031	$85,671	Closed
2005	Elemental Analysis of Glass by SEM-EDS, XRF, EPMA, LIBS and LA-ICPMS	General Forensics Research and Development Full Applications	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2005-IJ-CX-K069	$292,149	Closed
2003	Elemental Analysis of Glass and Paint Materials by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) Forensic Application	General Forensic Research and Development for FY 2003	The Florida International University Board of Trustees	FL	2003-IJ-CX-K004	$136,627	Closed
2019	Germ-Line Transformation of Forensically Important Flies	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, FY 2019	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2019-DU-BX-0013	$279,983	Closed
2020	Alibi Generation: Improving innocents suspects' accuracy and examining alibi discriminability using a novel GPS paradigm	Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2020-R2-CX-0019	$83,840	Closed
2020	LC-QqQ-MS screening assay for abused drug exposure based on covalent peptide/protein modification	Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2020-R2-CX-0023	$100,000	Closed
2020	Biomarkers of Cannabis Exposure in Exhaled Breath Condensate and Oral Fluid	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2020	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2020-DQ-BX-0011	$434,273	Open
2021	FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence	Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, Fiscal Year 2021	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS	$300,000	Open
2021	Comparative Evaluation of Low- and High-Resolution MS Approaches for Screening and Confirmation of New Psychoactive Substances in Human Specimen Matrices	Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Fiscal Year 2021	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-21-GG-04173-COAP	$437,665	Open
2022	Non-contact detection of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids: Towards a generalized approach to the detection of dangerous drug clases	NIJ FY22 Research and Development in Forensic Sciences for Criminal Justice Purposes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-22-GG-04418-RESS	$642,632	Open
2022	Improving Strategies for Investigating & Prosecuting Hate Crimes: A National Yet Local Approach	NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Hate Crimes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-22-GG-01000-RESS	$994,787	Open
2022	FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence		FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS	$300,000	Open
2023	Optimizing Analytical Parameters for Detection of Chronic and Single Dose Drug Exposure in Forensic Hair Analysis	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-23-GG-04208-MUMU	$431,892	Open
2023	The sexual assault microbiome: Detecting contact when minimal male DNA is present.	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-23-GG-04228-DNAX	$409,612	Open
2023	Rapid screening and identification of fentanyl in drug mixtures using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy	NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-23-GG-04230-RESS	$190,662	Open
2019	Optimization of Pretreatment Parameters in Hair Analysis for Drugs of Abuse and Understanding Protein-Drug Physicochemical Interactions	GRF-STEM Continuations, FY 2019	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	2017-IJ-CX-0005	$50,000	Closed
2023	FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence		FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY	FL	15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS	$300,000	Open